Re: generating keys by using only part of longer random number
- From: Kristian Gjøsteen <kristiag+news@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:34:44 +0000 (UTC)
Kim Schulz <kimusan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If I have a random number generator that e.g. generates 512bit long
keys but I only need 160bits of them. Would the quality of the
randomness then be compromised if I always just uses the first 160bits
of the key?
If the generator samples 512 bit strings from the uniform distribution
(or something that looks like the uniform distribution), then it is
ok. Otherwise, it depends on the exact distribution.
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Kristian Gjøsteen
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